Malicious code in easydsbots (npm)
--- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: amazon-inspector (6c3ee114e4ac67d2d02a9668c7ed0b38cbf62f9bc59e35b92c0ff9e713d3a688) package.json declares `"postinstall": "sudo node install.js"`, escalating to root on `npm install`. install.js is heavily obfuscated (obfuscator.io: rotated 140-entry string array `a0_0xdc68`, hex-encoded property lookups, control-flow flattening, self-defending stubs) so the executed behavior is deliberately hidden from installers. index.js is similarly obfuscated (rotated 164-entry string array `a0_0x53d8`, runtime base64 decoding via `Buffer[...](ertrf,...).toString()`), declares `js-virtualizer` as a runtime dependency, and reads `process.env.INVOCATION_ID` into an `isRunningAsService` flag — an environment variable set only when a process is launched by systemd. The package also depends on `node-linux`, a library that registers /etc/init.d or systemd unit files. The combination — root-level lifecycle hook, opaque payload, systemd-context branch, and a daemon-installer dependency — is the shape of an obfuscated root-persistent daemon dropper executed at install time on the installer's host.
Malicious code in easydsbots (npm)
Description
--- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: amazon-inspector (6c3ee114e4ac67d2d02a9668c7ed0b38cbf62f9bc59e35b92c0ff9e713d3a688) package.json declares `"postinstall": "sudo node install.js"`, escalating to root on `npm install`. install.js is heavily obfuscated (obfuscator.io: rotated 140-entry string array `a0_0xdc68`, hex-encoded property lookups, control-flow flattening, self-defending stubs) so the executed behavior is deliberately hidden from installers. index.js is similarly obfuscated (rotated 164-entry string array `a0_0x53d8`, runtime base64 decoding via `Buffer[...](ertrf,...).toString()`), declares `js-virtualizer` as a runtime dependency, and reads `process.env.INVOCATION_ID` into an `isRunningAsService` flag — an environment variable set only when a process is launched by systemd. The package also depends on `node-linux`, a library that registers /etc/init.d or systemd unit files. The combination — root-level lifecycle hook, opaque payload, systemd-context branch, and a daemon-installer dependency — is the shape of an obfuscated root-persistent daemon dropper executed at install time on the installer's host.
Affected software
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Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- MAL-2026-14265
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.7.4
- Aliases
- []
- Ecosystems
- ["npm"]
- Database Specific Severity
- null
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a85b4bfacd9273b49252355
Added to database: 08/19/2026, 13:50:55 UTC
Last updated: 08/19/2026, 13:51:31 UTC
Views: 1
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